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A world-class executive team isn't defined by the résumés in the room — it's defined by how well those individuals function as a unit. This guide covers what "world-class" really means, why team-level alignment matters more than individual talent, the warning signs of misalignment, and the steps org...
Focus™ is DillonMarcus's strategic planning process built to solve the most common failure point in organizational planning: lack of buy-in. Rather than a plan drafted behind closed doors and handed down to the organization, Focus™ uses a crowdsourcing approach to build a strategic playbook your tea...
It is impossible to coach yourself. The reason is simple, one word: external. You can't see what you can't see. Every person and every organization has blind spots — and understanding why the internal always needs the external is at the heart of what makes coaching so valuable.
You Can't See What Y...
There exists within every executive leadership team the potential to do something extraordinary. DillonMarcus calls this a team's "Super Job" — the collective power an executive team has to positively impact the organization, beyond each executive's ability to perform their individual function well....
Conversations about emotional safety did not naturally come up when DillonMarcus was helping executive teams define who they are as a team, how they want to harness their collective influence, or how they want to treat one another. But over time, it became clear that emotional safety is the firm fou...
When Toni Pergolin, the CEO of Bancroft, asked DillonMarcus, "How do you define a world-class Executive Team?", the team stumbled for an answer. That question led to a deeper look at two decades of experience working with executive teams — and to the discovery that stands at the top of the list: Hig...
Strategic Planning Playbook: A Crowdsourcing Approach to Achieving Strategically Smart brings DillonMarcus's Focus™ methodology to the page, giving leaders a practical guide to building a strategic plan their organization actually helps create — and is therefore motivated to implement.
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0-to-60™ Senior Team Assessment is DillonMarcus's proprietary leadership team diagnostic tool, now available as a book: An Inventory to Assess the Performance of Your Executive Team. It provides a steady, well-paced roadmap to get your team — and your organization — up to speed and performing at a w...
Today's leaders need to think more strategically, communicate more persuasively, and adapt to changes in the marketplace. Leading-Edge Leader™: Leading the Organization is the third book in the Leading-Edge Leader™ series and a terrific companion for anyone venturing out onto the leading edge of lea...
Today's leaders need to think more strategically, communicate more persuasively, and adapt to changes in the marketplace. Leading-Edge Leader™: Leading Others is the second book in the Leading-Edge Leader™ series and a terrific companion for anyone venturing out onto the leading edge of leadership.
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Today's leaders need to think more strategically, communicate more persuasively, and adapt to changes in the marketplace. Leading-Edge Leader™: Leading Self is the first book in the Leading-Edge Leader™ series and a terrific companion for anyone venturing out onto the leading edge of leadership.
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Addicted to Struggle: How to Stop Winning This Losing Game, by DillonMarcus co-founder Evan Marcus, explores why our addiction to struggle is so powerful, the role it plays in so many aspects of our lives, and how deeply embedded it is in our culture.
About the Book
Like other addictions, being ad...
